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SUMMER HAN-ANTONIEVIC
Manager, Auckland
I have been working at Overland for the past 2 years. What can I say, Overland is truly the best company I’ve ever worked for. I came to New Zealand about 7 years ago for university; I then decided to stay here instead of returning home.
My first job was as a waitress in a small restaurant; I worked at the Auckland fish market as well as a fish cutter and also helped my friend out part time to look after her little fashion shop. Right since then I knew I belonged in retail. I started to look for a career in retail and set my eyes on Overland straight away, probably initially because I have a shoe fetish, love shoes and love to see people have nice shoes.
I started at the Overland Dress Smart Outlet store in full time sales. With all the excellent training and very helpful people at Support Office I became the top seller in the store! I then moved to the busiest store, Newmarket and kept rocking at sales. In about three months I was promoted to 3IC and that’s when I really realized I was on the right track to having a dream career with Overland. Shortly after that, I was asked to go back to the Outlet store as an Assistant Manager, since then I’ve progressed through several stores to develop my skills and learn more about the company. Before Christmas I was given the opportunity to further my skill EVEN more and I have been given my own store to manage!
Overland is a very transparent and straight forward company, everyone’s opinion is valued and appreciated. Innovation and ideas are found endlessly throughout the whole company, and you know you are important to the company. It’s kind of like a big family. The best part of course, is the incentives and endless prizes you get every day, every week and every quarter, I have won chocolate pretty much every week since I’ve been in the company as well as Assistant Managers Quarterly Prizes. Recently I won a trip for two to Las Vegas at our company Star League Awards Night, which will truly be a life time experience and is the biggest prize I have ever won. I love it!
Finally, thank you Overland for giving me the opportunities to grow and learn, and thank you for having me. I know I will continue to grow stronger in retail, getting closer to my goals. Overland is the only place for me! |